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Dialogue"Good Summer Reading 2012"
Marcia Franklin interviews authors Kim Barnes and Tim Cahill, who discuss their own work and writing styles, and recommend books for long summer days. Other favorite reading choices for summer have been submitted by viewers. Barnes is a University of Idaho English professor and author of five books. Cahill is a founding editor of Outside Magazine and author of 10 books.G

Crafting at the Spotted Canary"Things That Are Green"
Time for a little trash to treasure. Create fairytale castles, gift containers and storage all from recycled materials. The first project features a collection of recycled boxes, stickers, and papers to create a fairy tale castle that any little girl would love. D

5:00 pm

Globe Trekker"Georgia & Armenia"
Trekker Ian Wright's travels begin in Yerevan, Armenia's capital. He visits the rock-hewn Gerhard Church, Lake Sevan and the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the shadow of Mount Ararat. In Georgia, he explores the capital Tbilisi and the seaside resort Batumi before heading out into the Caucasus Mountains.G

6:00 pm

The Artist Toolbox"Hugh Newell Jacobsen"
"Every morning when I walked this block and a half to my office and I saw the sad people in their cars heading to some awful job, I just thought, I can't wait to get at it again," says acclaimed architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. "I found something I was good at, and it was just so thrilling." In this very special episode of The Artist Toolbox, walk with host John Jacobsen, son of the award-winning architect, through his childhood home and his father's Georgetown office as they discuss a career in ground-breaking architecture half a century strong. D

6:30 pm

Sun Studio Sessions"Chris Milam"
Chris Milam is a Memphis based singer-songwriter who was the first runner-up in the Resorts Tunica "Sing" competition. In this episode, Chris performs several songs and talks about the influences that shape his musical style. D

Great Performances"Dance In America: NY Export: Opus Jazz"
The five movements of the jazz score by Robert Prince blend ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing with Latin, African and American rhythms. Now this Jerome Robbins 1958 "ballet in sneakers" takes to the streets with New York City Ballet principal dancers Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi, filmed on locations all over the five boroughs of New York City. The 16 emblematic characters are city kids drawn together by their youth, energy and hunger for life, but this Opus Jazz takes them out of the 1950s and into today.G

9:00 pm

Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet
This performance documentary goes behind-the-scenes of Anthony Williams' adaptation of the holiday classic performed by a diverse group of dancers from the community. Challenges include uniting the multi-ethnic team of dancers, artists and stage crew to present a professional-quality stage show on a non-profit budget. The show incorporates the chronology of The Nutcracker itself while capturing the preparation, real-life stories of performers and putting the show onstage before packed houses.G

10:00 pm

The Artist Toolbox"Hugh Newell Jacobsen"
"Every morning when I walked this block and a half to my office and I saw the sad people in their cars heading to some awful job, I just thought, I can't wait to get at it again," says acclaimed architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. "I found something I was good at, and it was just so thrilling." In this very special episode of The Artist Toolbox, walk with host John Jacobsen, son of the award-winning architect, through his childhood home and his father's Georgetown office as they discuss a career in ground-breaking architecture half a century strong. D

10:30 pm

Sun Studio Sessions"Chris Milam"
Chris Milam is a Memphis based singer-songwriter who was the first runner-up in the Resorts Tunica "Sing" competition. In this episode, Chris performs several songs and talks about the influences that shape his musical style. D